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In addition to the Creation account written on the Bras Plates (presumably the Book of Moses), the Nephites from the time of Mosiah 2 also had the Creation account written in the Book of Ether (Mosiah 28:11-18), which account would predate the Moses account. There must not have been significant differences in these two accounts as Moroni didn’t translate that portion of the Twenty-Four Gold Plates because he supposed they were “had among the Jews.” (Ether 1:2-4). Moroni obviously supposed that the Jews would have the Book of Moses.
As it was the Lord that dictated the Creation and then account of Adam-Enoch to Moses (Moses 1:40), there should not be any significant differences in the Book of Moses and the plates of Ether, as the Brother of Jared that Ether was quoting also received this revelation from the Lord.